Would you sign up for a reality TV show that expects you to make out with a total stranger, minus any introductions, all while cameras capture every angle of the encounter?

Yeah, probably not. Most of us would say no. But Shondo Blades isn't most of us. The 32-year-old professional MMA fighter, former college football player and Houston native volunteered for the experience, with some perspective on the premise of TLC's reality dating show "Love at First Kiss."

"Put your tongue down someone's throat, you learn about them real quick," says the unmarried father of three. "You have to have a physical attraction to somebody, so that's how the show is set up, to get right to the point."

His time to shine comes Wednesday as Blades' episode of the TLC show airs at 9 p.m.